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MCLAREN, Stanley Roy
| Service Number: | 22349 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 September 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 14 October 1892 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | South Australia, 24 August 1973, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Woodside District of Onkaparinga Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 20 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 22349, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 22349, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 22349, 27th Infantry Battalion |
Stanley Roy McLaren
Stanley Roy McLaren, the son of William and Sarah McLaren of Forest Range, was born at Stirling North on the 14th October 1892 and worked as a gardener prior to enlisting in Adelaide on the 28th September 1915, aged 22. McLaren joined the 23rd Howitzer Brigade, 109 Battery as a driver. He left Melbourne on the 20th May 1916.
He arrived at Plymouth, England on the 18th July 1916. His service record states he was hospitalised at Larkhill, with a fractured ankle. However, the exact date of the injury is obscure as conflicting records list it being the 21st April and the 21st July. On the 31st December McLaren proceeded to Paris with the 23rd Battalion. He sustained a shrapnel wound to the left thigh on the 29th August 1918 and was admitted to the 12th General Hospital at Rouen on the 30th August, rejoining his brigade on the 10th October. McLaren returned to Adelaide on the 26th June 1919 and was discharged on the 10th August 1919.
Submitted 10 October 2023 by christopher collins
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